Cyclopædia of American Literature, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1855 - American literature |
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... nature . Education , whatever it may be with such a man , is simply the mould to be filled by his genius . In other ... Nature at that time was transfigured before him . It was the thorough consecration of a mind of the strongest powers ...
... nature . Education , whatever it may be with such a man , is simply the mould to be filled by his genius . In other ... Nature at that time was transfigured before him . It was the thorough consecration of a mind of the strongest powers ...
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... Nature's Store , Then weep so long , till thou canst weep no more , Next Summer all thy Strength , and others call ... nature does with nature vie : Gay scenes around the fancy does invite , And universal beauty prompts to write . But ...
... Nature's Store , Then weep so long , till thou canst weep no more , Next Summer all thy Strength , and others call ... nature does with nature vie : Gay scenes around the fancy does invite , And universal beauty prompts to write . But ...
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... nature here unveil'd shall be , And knotty points of deep philosophy ; Whatever wonders undiscover'd are , Deep hid in earth , or floating high in air , Though in the darkest womb of night involv'd , Shall by the curious searcher here ...
... nature here unveil'd shall be , And knotty points of deep philosophy ; Whatever wonders undiscover'd are , Deep hid in earth , or floating high in air , Though in the darkest womb of night involv'd , Shall by the curious searcher here ...
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... nature's he- raldry of honest labor , had shown considerable persistency in that ; holding on to a small freehold estate of thirty acres in Northamptonshire for a period of three hundred years , the eldest son stea- dily pursuing the ...
... nature's he- raldry of honest labor , had shown considerable persistency in that ; holding on to a small freehold estate of thirty acres in Northamptonshire for a period of three hundred years , the eldest son stea- dily pursuing the ...
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... nature , and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of our earth , it must then finish its course , be extinguished in the waters that sur- round us , and leave the world in cold and darkness ...
... nature , and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of our earth , it must then finish its course , be extinguished in the waters that sur- round us , and leave the world in cold and darkness ...
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